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. 2015 Apr 16;29(10):2002–2010. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13150

Table 1.

Physician and practice demographics

Dermatologists Rheumatologists
North America n = 141 Europe n = 250 North America n = 140 Europe n = 250
Mean years in practice 18.8 16.2 18.4 15.1
Physician practice setting, %
Urban 42.6 78.4 55.7 78.0
Suburban 49.6 13.2 42.1 17.2
Rural 7.8 8.0 2.1 4.8
Office‐based, % 96.5 45.2 90.7 35.6
Hospital‐based, % 3.5 54.8 9.3 64.4
Multispecialty practice, % 15.6 47.2 35.7 53.2
Mean No. of dermatologists in practice 3.5 4.9 1.6 1.3
Mean No. of rheumatologists in practice 0.3 1.2 3.4 3.1
Mean weekly volume of patients 173.3 159.4 106.6 104.9
Mean proportion of all visits related to medical dermatology, % 84.1 87.1
Mean proportion of all visits related to psoriasis, % 13.5 17.6
Mean proportion of all visits related to PsA, % 3.0 5.0 14.7 15.2

PsA, psoriatic arthritis.